PRESTON COUNTY - Employment & Wages 1996
INDUSTRY UNITS EMPLOY- MENT TOTAL WAGES AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
PRESTON COUNTY 611 6,208 123,239,689 19,851
MINING 26 372 11,864,043 31,892
12 Coal Mining 22 335 10,952,792 32,694
CONSTRUCTION 85 295 5,625,529 19,069
15 General Building Contractors 55 124 1,698,315 13,696
17 Special Trade Contractors 23 107 2,486,663 23,239
MANUFACTURING 45 793 17,225,304 21,721
24 Lumber and Wood Products 27 358 5,996,884 16,751
27 Printing and Publishing 4 31 572,837 18,478
35 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 3 36 812,272 22,563
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 62 541 16,452,280 30,410
42 Trucking and Warehousing 43 266 5,615,121 21,109
48 Communications 10 106 3,327,438 31,390
WHOLESALE TRADE 27 154 2,732,185 17,741
50 Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 18 65 1,269,649 19,533
51 Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 10 89 1,462,536 16,432
RETAIL TRADE 117 1,082 13,068,628 12,078
52 Building Materials & Garden Supplies 10 107 1,928,887 18,026
54 Food Stores 17 248 2,486,389 10,025
55 Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 36 284 4,685,410 16,497
57 Furniture & Homefurnishings Stores 5 20 302,660 15,133
58 Eating and Drinking Places 29 276 1,715,498 6,215
59 Miscellaneous Retail 17 88 1,288,922 14,646
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 45 261 5,852,698 22,424
60 Depository Institutions 12 154 2,873,985 18,662
64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service 9 20 312,436 15,621
SERVICES 145 1,030 14,149,780 13,737
72 Personal Services 13 34 390,226 11,477
73 Business Services 12 26 335,987 12,922
75 Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 14 35 418,913 11,968
79 Amusement & Recreation Services 10 107 902,807 8,437
80 Health Services 24 331 5,596,247 16,907
83 Social Services 8 226 3,281,979 14,522
86 Membership Organizations 10 29 176,514 6,086
87 Engineering & Management Services 22 82 1,614,301 19,686
88 Private Households 18 25 239,132 9,565
GOVERNMENT 49 1,638 35,637,928 21,756
91 Federal Government 15 72 2,077,415 28,852
92 State Government 14 387 7,444,079 19,235
93 Local Government 20 1,178 26,116,434 22,170
LMI Home PageReturn to LMI Home Page

BEP Home PageReturn to BEP Home Page